NBA: The Story of the Summer: Riles & Heat fail to keep it together

[TDMVPDPOY]

nba doing its best to draw in ratings away from wc, nothing to see here...

[100%duncan]

A team of Napier/Morrow/Hayward/James/Blatche sweeps this year's Heatles and it wouldn't be close.

Your first post was fine. What happened?

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Your first post was fine. What happened?

[tmtcsc]

The next few days should be interesting. Melo stays in NY, Bosh goes to Houston, Wade re-signs in Miami (Cuz no one will pay him what he gave up) and Bron moves on. Not sure where.

[TDMVPDPOY]

wasnt it first b4 the trio got together, it was meant to be wade and bosh only for the heat, till lebron got involve with the duo conversation that he wanted part in it?

wade first recruited bosh and lebron was never on their mind right?

[TIMMYtoZO]

Everyone is pinning their hopes that Miami will just crumble and die.The offseason is young. They'll upgrade their role players and retain the 3 Kings. Miami is not going anywhere.

[lefty]

Everyone is pinning their hopes that Miami will just crumble and die.The offseason is young. They'll upgrade their role players and retain the 3 Kings. Miami is not going anywhere.

we're not worried, we just dismantled them in 5

[DMC]

There's no reason for Lebron to take a pay cut. He's taken them to the show 4 years in a row and won twice. That's 2x more than they've done in the history of their franchise prior to him. He made them hundreds of millions. Why should he take a paycut so they can keep raking in fat change?

Legacy is important, but it doesn't pay the bills.

[Thread]

we're not worried, we just dismantled them in 5

& really in 12. tee, hee.

[tmtcsc]

Bump! Like I said.

I didn't think he would go back to Cleveland but I had a feeling he was done in Miami. This is too funny. The Spurs' Epic ass whooping they delivered to Miami is just as nice as when they shut down the forum and ended the Lakers' run at 3 les. What a beautiful time to be a Spurs fan.

[Thread]

Bump! Like I said.

I didn't think he would go back to Cleveland but I had a feeling he was done in Miami. This is too funny. The Spurs' Epic ass whooping they delivered to Miami is just as nice as when they shut down the forum and ended the Lakers' run at 3 les. What a beautiful time to be a Spurs fan.

6 withstanding.

[tmtcsc]

Everyone is pinning their hopes that Miami will just crumble and die.The offseason is young. They'll upgrade their role players and retain the 3 Kings. Miami is not going anywhere.

I imagine Pat Riley is trying to "get a grip" right about now.

[TheGoldStandard]

Riley is super pissed

[tmtcsc]

Awesome time to be a Spurs fan.

[Splits]

Everyone is pinning their hopes that Miami will just crumble and die.The offseason is young. They'll upgrade their role players and retain the 3 Kings. Miami is not going anywhere.

[baseline bum]

Folks, when its all said and done, I think the Heat are going to fail in remaining a viable contender. It's only the second day of FA as I type but things are not off to a good start. LeBron and the other Heatles had a sit down and apparently agreed to all opt-out of their contracts. This was done to give Pat Riley a chance to "Re-tool" not "Re-build", 'Re-Tool". However, home discounts are a thing of the past and none of these guys (especially Lebron) seem interested in taking much of a discount.

Meanwhile, the Heat's top FA targets seem to be falling off. I have a feeling Lowry stays in Toronto, Carmelo stays in NY (Way too much $$ to walk away from. Of course he'll say it was about Layla or whatever his wife's name is. Its always about the $$). He can always be a malcontent and force a trade in the next couple of years if things don't work out.

Paul Pierce isn't going to Miami, he'll be a Clipper; Gortat is staying in DC as will Ariza. The Heat are going to run out of options and will see Lebron ride off in the sunset. Don't be surprised if he ends up in Houston or with the Lakers. Where ever he goes, he's getting the Max and its hard to blame him. He's at the top of his game.

Bosh will get close to Max and Wade will spread his $$ over the next 4 years. They will not have the $$ to lure another big FA.

My

[DAF86]

Everyone is pinning their hopes that Miami will just crumble and die.The offseason is young. They'll upgrade their role players and retain the 3 Kings. Miami is not going anywhere.

Another great prediction by TIMMYtoZO